CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-22015

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-09-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-552

Description

The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to improper permissions of files and directories. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privilege may exploit these issues to elevate their privileges to root on vCenter Server Appliance.

Affected configurations

• vmware cloud foundation (>= 3.0 < 5.0) • vmware vcenter server 6.5 • vmware vcenter server 6.7 • vmware vcenter server 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties weakness

References